HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky will walk into state prison with little more than a watch and wedding band. He’ll be able to work a 30-hour week to make a few dollars. He’ll be able to watch Penn State football but not violent movies.

If the former Penn State defensive coach is sentenced Tuesday to a long state prison term, he will find himself far removed from the comfortable suburban life he once led, placed under the many rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Even Sandusky’s own attorney believes that whatever sentence he gets, at age 68 Sandusky will likely live out his days inside a state prison. Prison officials, written policies and former offenders provided a detailed look to The Associated Press about the regimented life behind bars that Sandusky faces.

Sandusky has been housed in isolation inside the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte since his conviction in June on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, and he has spent his days reading and writing, preparing a statement for sentencing and working out twice a day, defense attorney Joe Amendola said.

“Jerry is a very likable guy — he gets along with everybody,” Amendola said last week, as he worked with Sandusky to help get his affairs in order, including a power of attorney and updated will. “He’s a model inmate. He doesn’t cause problems, he’s sociable, he’s pleasant.”

Assuming Judge John Cleland gives him at least two years — the minimum threshold for a state prison sentence — Sandusky’s first stop will be the Camp Hill state prison near Harrisburg, where all male inmates undergo a couple weeks of testing to determine such things as mental and physical health, education level and any treatment needs.

Prison officials will assign him a security level risk and decide which “home prison” to send him to.

Although Sandusky’s home in the Lemont area of State College is only a couple miles from Rockview state prison, there is no way to predict where he will end up.

Older inmates sometimes end up at Laurel Highlands, which can better treat more severe medical problems, or Waymart, a comparatively lower-security prison in the state’s northeastern corner.

The roughly 6,800 sex offenders are scattered throughout the prison system, which has no special units for them. Treatment is available for sex offenders, and those who hope to be paroled must participate.

“My guess is he’ll wind up in a minimum-security facility, and probably a facility for nonviolent people,” Amendola said.

A convicted sex offender who spent 10 years in prison, and who works with other released sex offenders through the Pennsylvania Prison Society, said Sandusky won’t be able to keep a low profile.

“You can have some control over how obscure you are as a prisoner,” said the 52-year-old man from the Philadelphia suburbs, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the stigma attached to sex offenses. “You can either make yourself standout, or you can stay closer to the woodwork. There’s no hiding that man.”

Everyone hates your school because it, at an institutional level, condoned and tolerated child molestation on its own grounds. You will be associated with pedophilia and being just awful human beings for at least a generation if not more. I keep waiting for "everything to come out" but man. It sure hasn't has it?

Everyone hates your school because it, at an institutional level, condoned and tolerated child molestation on its own grounds. You will be associated with pedophilia and being just awful human beings for at least a generation if not more. I keep waiting for "everything to come out" but man. It sure hasn't has it?

Everyone has always hated penn state cuz of how awesome we are.

The continue hate just shows how jealous everyone was all these years.

All our games are on national tv and our program is making more money than ever. Seems good to me.

You portray about 5% of Americans with your view. The uneducated full of hate type.

And there are still more trials. The "cover up" trials haven't even begun yet, and those ppl aren't allowed to speak.

apparently defense is bad as well since WVU has zero concept of it. just wait till you play a team from a conference that actually knows how to play dominating football

The problem the Big 12 has is they all have the mentality of "the only way to beat finesse track meet teams is with a finesse track meet team."

Reminds me of 2008 Patriots and the 2009 Saints... you had absolutely no chance against those teams if you went with a gameplan of trying to go up and down the field on them. The way you beat those teams was pressuring the QB on defense, and flat out grinding on offense.

When you look at the top SEC teams, they are built on pressuring the QB and running a grinder on offense. They win because their defense puts the fear of God into opposing QBs, and by the start of the second half absolutely no one on the other teams defense wants to try to tackle their running backs.

The SEC has won six straight because they understand that track meet finesse offense will get you on sportscenter, but the brutal defense and tough running game win you crystal balls.

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speaking of ruined livers i am going to great american beer fest in Denver Friday and you should all be jelly.

the rest of my time in Denver i will be scouring the city for the AZN and his wife.

I would be a little concerned if you ran into us in Denver, considering we haven't lived there since July.

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The problem the Big 12 has is they all have the mentality of "the only way to beat finesse track meet teams is with a finesse track meet team."

Reminds me of 2008 Patriots and the 2009 Saints... you had absolutely no chance against those teams if you went with a gameplan of trying to go up and down the field on them. The way you beat those teams was pressuring the QB on defense, and flat out grinding on offense.

When you look at the top SEC teams, they are built on pressuring the QB and running a grinder on offense. They win because their defense puts the fear of God into opposing QBs, and by the start of the second half absolutely no one on the other teams defense wants to try to tackle their running backs.

The SEC has won six straight because they understand that track meet finesse offense will get you on sportscenter, but the brutal defense and tough running game win you crystal balls.

I would be a little concerned if you ran into us in Denver, considering we haven't lived there since July.

the best part about those ultra high powered offenses and crap *** defense teams that were good the last few years (NFL) is how much they are struggling now. its obvious that **** does not work well and defenses have caught up. when a PAC and Big 12 team do that **** they look great in conference then go and play a BIG or SEC team and get punched in the dick.

LSU's run defense looked bad against Florida because after the opening drive, LSU's offense went into full fail mode. By the start of the fourth quarter, Florida had a TOP advantage of 30mins to 15mins. Any defense is going to look bad when they've been on the field non-stop.

And if you get us saucy pics of DMC's now legal sister, I'll send you top shelf pics of wifey.

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